Adjusting-table



1, e. MILLER. ADJUSTING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. I920. 1,401,427, Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

NVENTOR 0 q A TTQRNE Y JEQSE G. MILLER, 01' SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.

ADWSTING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2'7, 1921.

Application filed October 29, 1920. Serial No. 420,429.

To ollwhomit ma concern:

Be it known t at I, Jessa G. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Superior, in the county of Douglas and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjusting-Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to tables or supports used in connection with the practice of anatomical adjustment and is particularly designed for onepractising that branch of the art known as chiropractics.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a table of this character especially adapted to be carried by the practitioner from place to place.

Another object is to produce a table of this character having a yieldable abdominal support which is known to be essential, or at least beneficial, in the successful adjustment of many patients who object to bridging a vacant space with their bodies during such treatment.

Other objects and advantages of the peculiar construction will appear in the further description thereof.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and in which like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view, partly broken away, of one of my improved tables extended for use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the under side of the abdominal support.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the free end of the support for that portion of the table forming the head rest.

Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the pivotal central leg connection of the table.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view forward of the adjustable support for that portion of the table which sustains the abdomen.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the table as it appears in use; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the table when completely folded ready for transportation.

The body portion of the table comprises the side walls 11 and the end walls 2 and 3 which are also the edge and end walls of the receptacle when the table is folded. This body portion is supported upon four hinged legs indicated at 4 in the corners thereof,

comprises the two central legs 6-6 which are pivotally supported at 7 intermediate of 1 their ends in the side walls 1-1 of the body portion and which may assume a position at right angles to the sides 11 when acting as an additional support to the body portion as well as to the head and abdominal sections 8 and 9 respectively of the table, when the device is being used as such. A stop 10 is provided in conjunction with the pivotal support of each leg 6 which prevents their tipping backwardly when in raised position, said stop being an integral partof the pivotal connection as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The legs 66 are also provided with suitable foldable braces 303 O which are pivotally united to the legs near their upper ends and pivotally attached to the side pieces 1-1, they being for the purpose of normally supporting the legs in their upright position from the forward side thereof.

The section 9 of the table is hingedly attached as at 11 to the upper ends of the legs 6 as is also the section 8, the latter being hingedly attached as at 12 and which is swung down parallel with and against the legs 6 when the table is folded, the hinged supporting leg 13 of said head section being first folded up against the under face thereof during such folding process. 1 a

When supporting the outer end of the head section, parallel with the body portion, the leg 13 rests upon the upper edge of the end wall 3 of the body portion, with the lower end 14 of the keeper 15 engaged within the strap 16 fastened upon. the inner face of the end 3.

In the event of it being desired to maintain a slight inclination of the head section 8 a modified relation of the leg 13 to the end 3 is provided by the keeper. The upper end 17 of the keeper 15 extends through the leg and is bent downwardly forming a hook, which may be engaged within the strap 16 when the leg is lowered inside thereof for such purpose, thus substantially supporting the outer free end of the section 8 in a somewhat lowered position. This is found to be not only desirable for certain forms of adjustment but to be more comfortable for some patients in taking same.

The major portion of the upper face of the section 8 is preferably cushioned by any desired form of upholstery as indicated at 17 and an elongated slot 18 is formed there through for the reception of the face of the patient, as is common in similar devices.

The supporting leg 21 for the free end of the abdominal section 9 is somewhat similar in shape to the leg 13 and is hingedly attaehed to the section as at 22. lVhen the section is in its upright receptive position for a patient the lower end of the leg rests upon the transversely disposed spiral spring 23 the ends of which are securely fastened within the side walls 1 of the body portion of the table, and, for removably holding the free end of the leg 21 in such engagement with the spring, I have provided two opposed metal clips 24 extending from the end of the leg and which straddle the spring when the leg rests thereupon. This yieldable support for the free end of the section 9 permits of much more convenient adjustment of a patient, and at the same time assists the patient in freely relaxing for such adjustment.

When the sections 8 and 9, and their supporting legs, are folded into the body ortion of the table ready for transportation, it is apparent that the section 9 is not-the full length of the body portion and will require an additional section in order to complete the side of the body portion, and such section is shown at 25, the same being slidably held intermediate of the sides 11 of the body portion in any desired manner and is not removable therefrom, and, being slidable, may be readily adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 1 to permit of the leg 21 freely engaging the spring 23 when the section 9 is extended, then slid back adjacent the end wall'2 when the device is in folded position in order to completethe side of the receptacle; or, if preferred, this additional section 25 may be hingedly attached to the free end of the section 9, as shown in Fig. 1.

Then the device is folded and in the form of a receptacle as shown in Fig. '7, the wall thereof, opposite to that composed of the sections 9 and 25, comprises a single board 26 upon the under side of which is provided a suitable pocket 19 for the carrying of sheets of paper 20 for use as a sanitary shield in and about the slot 18 through the section 8, as is common in similar devices.

At oneend ofthe board 26 are attached slightly projecting dogs or catches 2'? which are engaged within suitable slots 28 pro vided therefor in the end wall 2 of the body portion, and the opposite end of the board may be held in position by any convenient means such as a hasp or hook 29.

When the table is being used, any other form of support such as a chair or the like is employed in conjunction therewith for the support of the feet and legs of the patient as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

lVhile I have shown and (lOSCIlbWl a spw cific embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that various modifications and changes of such structure may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the combination of elcments disclosed in the appended claims.

From the foregoing it is evident that I have devised an exceedingly convenient device of this character and one that not only discloses novel and beneficial f atures for use in the art to which it appertains, but one that may be carried about from place to place with little if any more inconvenience than the ordinary suitcase, it being provided with a suitable handle for such purpose, and which it very much resembles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A table of the character described com prising a rectangularly shaped main body supporting portion of fabricated structure, supporting legs hingedly attached within the corners thereof, a foldable patient-supporting section pivotally mounted within the body portion and adjustable to a position above same, a portion of said foldable section forming a cooperative part of the body portion when the former is in its folded position and. a. single removable section forming a similarly cooperative portion with the body when assembled.

2. A table of the character described comprising a frame-like rectangularly shaped main body supported upon hingedly at tached foldable legs in the corners thereof, a pair of legs pivotally mounted in the sides of the body and intermediate of the ends thereof and extending substinitially the same distance above the body as they do below, a yieldable abdominal support hingedly attached to the upper ends of said pitotcd legs, a head support hingedly attached to the upper end of said legs, an adjustable support for the head sections, a yieldable support for the abdominal section and a detachable single cooperative section. substantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE (t. MILLER S. C. BRONSON, S. Gno. STnvnNs. 

